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Quantifying Ecological Efficiency in Cloud Computing

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Economics of Grids, Clouds, Systems, and Services (GECON 2013)

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Cloud computing is considered to be energy and ecological efficient, and is promoted as the environmental friendly computing solution. On the other hand, the massive development of the Cloud marketplace lead in an increase of the Data Centers globally and eventually in the increase of the CO2 related footprint. The calculation of the impact of Virtual Machines (VMs) on the environment is a challenging task, not only due to the technical difficulties but also due to the lack of information from the energy providers. In this paper we present a methodology for the estimation of the ecological efficiency of Virtual Machines in Cloud infrastructures. We focus on the information management in relation with the energy production in a region as well as the ecological efficiency of a VM in a Data Center. To this end, we have designed and implemented a framework through which the ecological efficiency can be monitored. The presented framework is being evaluated through a private Cloud scenario deployed into infrastructure located in Germany.

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  1. Research Center for Information Technology, FZI, Berlin, Germany

    Gregory Katsaros & Pascal Stichler

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  1. College of Engineering, Department of Industrial Engineering, Technology Management, Economics, and Policy Program (TEMEP), Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-Ro Gwanak-Gu, 151-744, Seoul, Korea

    Jörn Altmann

  2. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Antwerp, Middelheimlaan 1, 2020, Antwerp, Belgium

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  3. School of Computer Science, Cardiff University, Queen’s Buildings, Newport Road, CF24 3AA, Cardiff, UK

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Katsaros, G., Stichler, P. (2013). Quantifying Ecological Efficiency in Cloud Computing. In: Altmann, J., Vanmechelen, K., Rana, O.F. (eds) Economics of Grids, Clouds, Systems, and Services. GECON 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8193. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02414-1_6

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